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Kashmir Artists Await Payment As Doordarshan Kendra Srinagar Owes Over Rs 25 Crore

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SRINAGAR: The Doordarshan Kendra in Srinagar has failed to release payments for work done by private producers, production houses, and individuals, resulting in liabilities of over Rs. 25 crore that are still pending. This was revealed by DD Srinagar in response to an RTI application filed by MM Shuja.
According to available records, the total old liability till date is reported to be Rs. 25,43,13,530. There has reportedly been no communication to Prasar Bharati for releasing funds to meet this liability.
The matter of the old liability falls under the purview of the Directorate of Doordarshan Kendra Srinagar. Due to a lack of funds, Doordarshan Kendra Srinagar has stopped airing eight programs over the last four years, including “Butrat,” “Baat Say Baat Nikli,” “Rozgar Bulletin,” “Shugufe, Bamun,” “Hum Qadam,” “Suni Dharti,” “Quiz Program,” and “Balti Program.”
Renowned artist Zameer Ashai told the news agency KNT that no payments have been made to producers for the last nine years, and everyone is in trouble. “I personally met CEO Prasar Bharati in New Delhi and apprised him of the prevailing situation. Even the artist fraternity talked to him in detail when he visited Srinagar. The liability is still there,” he said, adding that even new work has now been stopped.
Another artist, speaking on the condition of anonymity, said they were baffled by the way things are being handled. “I don’t know what’s happening in New Delhi. I must say the ‘Golden Era’ of Doordarshan Srinagar is already over,” they said. [KNT]

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( With inputs from : kashmirlife.net )

May 9, 2023
Telangana govt owes explanation on ORR leasing: Kishan Reddy

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Hyderabad: Union Minister for Tourism and Culture G. Kishan Reddy on Sunday found fault with the Telangana government for leasing out Outer Ring Road (ORR) to a private party for just Rs 7,380 crore for a period of 30 years, saying this deprived the state of Rs 75,000 crore revenues.
He said the state government owes an explanation to people as awarding of toll collection, operation and maintenance of the ORR to a private agency for 30 years on Toll, Operate and Transfer (TOT) basis would result in a huge loss of revenue to the state.
He told a news conference that the state government selected IRB Infrastructure Developers Limited in the bid in a predetermined manner and in violation of the guidelines of the National Highway Authority of India (NHAI).

Kishan Reddy explained that the private agency will collect toll for 30 years on ORR after paying only Rs 7,380 crore to the government.
He pointed out that so far Eagle Infra was collecting Rs 415 crore as toll on ORR for Hyderabad Metropolitan Development Authority (HMDA) every year.
“If this toll collection increases by 5 per cent per year, HMDA would have earned Rs 30,000 crore for 30 years. Experts and engineers say the 10 per cent increase would mean a revenue of Rs 75,000 crore during the same period. If we assume a 15 per cent increase, the revenue for the government would be over Rs 2.08 lakh crore,” he said.
Stating that Hyderabad is the fastest growing city in the country, the Union Minister said the toll revenue on ORR would only go up.
He wondered why the BRS government which had been opposing privatisation gave ORR on lease for 30 years. Taking a dig at Chief Minister KCR, he asked if this was the qualitative change he wanted to bring.

“The government should tell people for whose benefit this decision was taken,” he said.
He questioned the need for awarding the contract for 30 years when most of the roads are leased for a maximum period of 10 years.
The Union Minister alleged that BRS took the decision as it has realised that it will lose power in Telangana.
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( With inputs from www.siasat.com )

May 7, 2023
Cong owes answers for the scams during its tenure: Karnataka CM

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Bengaluru: The scams of the previous Congress government are being investigated by the Lokayukta and they owe an explanation for those charges.
The Congress must reply to the questions regarding the tender scams during their period, said Chief Minister Basavaraj Bommai.
Replying to the corruption charges levelled against the state government by Leader of the Opposition in the State Legislative Assembly, Siddaramaiah and KPCC chief D.K. Shivakumar at a press conference here on Wednesday, he said, “The Congress leaders talk by remembering about the omissions and commissions of their period.
“The Congress leaders are threatening them with inquiry once they come back to power. That means they are coming to power to loot. They themselves have disclosed their agenda. The 40 per cent commission charges are baseless and they have failed to produce evidence before the court. Enquiry is guaranteed if they file the case with all the specifications. Without doing it, firing in the air will not be helpful,” he said.
“Making any statement without giving any evidence is of no use. The Congress ruled for five years and they also had called tenders. After the BJP came to power a committee headed by a judge went through all those tenders and everything is now being scrutinized. Now the tender process is very transparent and any one can give a complaint,” CM Bommai said.
He said when Shivakumar was the Water Resources Minister the tender inspection committee was removed as well as TAC. The two-level inspection system was shelved by the corporation. The Congress had opened the avenues for corruption, but the BJP government had re-established the inspection system. So they have no moral rights to talk about corruption.
Earlier in the day, Shivakumar claimed the chief minister’s office was involved in collecting commissions while clearing old bills and approving new projects.
The Congress also accused the state government of hurriedly floating tenders at the fag end of its tenure at inflated rates to collect funds for the BJP’s Assembly election campaign.

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( With inputs from www.siasat.com )

February 15, 2023
Centre owes Rs 2433 Crores in GST compensation to Telangana

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Hyderabad: The Central Government owes Rs 2433 crores in the form of Goods and Services Tax (GST) compensation to Telangana. The GST compensation dues for the Financial Years 2020 to 2021 and 2021 to 2022 are still withstanding and amount to a total of Rs 2,432 crores.
The pending GST compensation of Rs 2,433 crores are the dues from the last three years. Despite the repeated requests from the Telangana government, the BJP government has not cleared these dues.
Telangana has received about Rs 16,570 crores in the form of GST compensation since the beginning of the GST system. June 2022 is the end of transition period for the state governments and this has not been extended despite many requests by various states. The GST compensation method was introduced to compensate for the revenue loss of the states.
Similarly the West Bengal government has said the pending GST compensation was about Rs 2,409 crores from the state. When the question of pending dues to the state of Kerala was raised by a Member of Parliament in Lok Sabha, Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman has said that the Kerala Government has not submitted documents approved by the Accountant General for GST compensation for the last 5 years.
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( With inputs from www.siasat.com )

February 13, 2023